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Literary Lyric (Beyond This Life)

Started by ZeppelinDT, April 11, 2020, 05:23:05 PM

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ZeppelinDT

So I've been reading through George Eliot's "Middlemarch" during the last few weeks and came across these lines today.  I guess JP has a taste for classic literature...


TAC

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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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ZeppelinDT

Lol, I still lurk here now and then... :)

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RoeDent

I'm honestly surprised it's not acknowledged more than it is. I found that exact quote on a park bench in my home city, some years after hearing Beyond This Life. I was blown away.

ZeppelinDT

Quote from: RoeDent on April 12, 2020, 12:48:46 AM
I'm honestly surprised it's not acknowledged more than it is. I found that exact quote on a park bench in my home city, some years after hearing Beyond This Life. I was blown away.

Wow, that's pretty cool.  I mean I know this is a "classic" novel, but it's so monstrous and this is just two lines buried in a 900 page book, and I feel like it's one of those classics that isn't read too often just because of how daunting it is.  I certainly never knew about this quote myself until I read it in the book yesterday.

durga2112

Huh, wow - I actually read this book around the same time when I was on a little "classics" binge during the early days of COVID. Finding that little quote in there was awesome!

Side note: this ended up being one of the best books I have ever read. I read it as an e-book on my phone, and every few chapters I found myself highlighting another quote that I didn't want to forget. If anyone is looking for something new to read and has time to sink their teeth into a 900 page 19th century novel, I think you will find the experience very rewarding.